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APPLICATION FILED MAY 7, 1919. 1 v 345,784. Patented July 6 1920.

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W. C. KITT.

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APPLICATION FILED MAY7, I919.

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WILLIAM C. KITT, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

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Application filed. May 7. 1919.

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lie it known that 1, WILLIAM G. l -rrr, a cit zen o if the United titates, IOSHllllQ, at the city o l Cincinnati, in the county oi llamilton and State of Ohio, hare invented certain new and useful Improvements in Boxes, o l which the 'iollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to boxes, containers or ail-tons for holding articles of merchandise, or for holding fruits, nuts, vegetables and the like, which is of the knock clown cl ss, so that it may be readily shipped and it may be quickly set up and formed when it is to be used.

lts locking means are unique and e'thcient and may be employed with any form of box; or container.

fine of the salient features of my invention is to provide a box oi. this class which when tern'ied or up for use, will have a double bottom, which is formed by the locking end.

Another feature consists in forming a peculiar lock l'or the bottom of the box, so that when the box is set up, only one element of the lock will be visible on the inside.

i'ri'iothcr feature of my invention consists in forming a bottom flap, which is not cut away or recessed, and to form side liaps which have no locking parts thereon which interlock with the bottom flap.

Other features of the invention and ad vantages of construction will readily become apparent from the following specification and claim.

in the accompanying drawing part of this S] )O(',lli(fdtl0l12 Figure l, is a plan. View of the blank which forms the box and its locking parts,

l ig. 2, is a plan view of the blank at an edge, and, in a knock down form, "folded for shipment,

Fig. 3, is an isometric View of the box inverted, the locking flaps opened up ready for folding to term the complete box,

Fig. at, is a plan View of the box opened up the bottom folded over into position and the other flaps extended and ready for tolding, and

F 5, is an isometric view of the finished box, ready for use.

l Vhile I may apply my invention to any kind ol :1 box, container or carton, I have shown it, applied to and in the term of a berry or fruit box and will describe such a lormmg Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 6, 1920.

Serial No. 295,383.

construction specifically to demonstrate one form of my invention.

The body ol the box, herein shown in the drawings, outside of the bottom, is made up of sides 1, 2, 3 and 4;, the side 1, carrying the flap 5; these sides being divided by crease lines 6,7, 8 and 9. The sides are widest at the top and become narrower toward the bottom to produce a basket formation.

In the present instance, I place on the sides 1 and 3 the flaps It) and 12 respectively, divided by the crease lines 1.3 and l t. These flaps 1.0 and 152 have an inclined upper edge 15, which extends it'ron'i the apex or top corner of the flap down to where said flap joins the side flap to which it is connected. Between the flaps l. and 3, and on the flap 2, I join the triangular shaped flap 16, creased with flap 2 on line 17; this flap carries at its head a locking flap piece 18. To the flap 4t, I join the bottom flap or piece 19 having a peculiar shaped slot 20 cut therein, and joined with said flap l by crease 21.

The boxes are shipped in the knock down form shown in Fig. 2, and when it is desired. to use one of the boxes, it is quickly pressed into the form approximately shown in Fig. 3, then the bottom flap 19, which forms the bottom of the box is folded down on crease 21 into the position shown in Fig. t, the side flaps 10 and. 12 are then folded over onto the flap 19 bending on the creases 13 and 1%; these flaps at their tree corners overlapping, as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 41-, the flap 16 is then bent down thereon bending at the crease l? and the cap or locking); button tlap 18 is pressed through the slit 20 in the bottom [lap 19; this locks all the parts in place so that a box is formed having an open top and a double bottom, which is smooth on the inside, only interrupted by the button fiap 18 as shown in Fig.

It will be noted that the bottom flap 19 forms one bottom and the flaps 10, 12 and 16 form the other bottom and thus a box is formed with a double bottom, the flap 19 forming a solid uninterrupted bottom which reinforces the box, so that no side pressure will mar or tend to impair the strength oi the box.

This box and its locking parts may be made of any suitable material, preferably out of card board or paper and on account of the simplicity of the locking device can be used on very small boxes, as flaps are formed n such a manner that they can be readily and quickly bent or folded, even if very small, very quickly and rapidly and easily, and the button flap 18 can be inserted into the slit 20 without injuring or breaking the same as'it readily finds its Way into the slit 20 and also securely locksthe parts against displacement. It will be understood that the contour and shape of these flaps may be somewhat varied and modified and they may be used in connection with a box I body of any description; either open at both shaped to form the bottom of the box and carrying a slit therein, two side flaps, each of said side flaps havinga straight outside line and an inclined line running from the outer edge of said straight line down to the 7 point where the flap meets the body of the box, and a triangularshaped locking flap carrying a button at its outer extremity, said side flaps capable of being folded over onto the bottom flap and at their free ends verrapping each other, and said locking flap and its button capable of being folded over onto the overlapped side flaps, its locking button engaging the slit in the bottom flap Y and passing therethrough to lock the parts together.

ln testimony whereof, I aflix my signature at Cincinnati, Ohio, this sixth day of May,

WILLIAM G. KITT. 

